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Last year's idea for a new “civic information hub” in Yolo County has grown into Yolo Local, a budding project to create a new source for local information and news. This spring the project is surveying people throughout the county to get insights on the types of information people want to access about local civic life and events, but don't necessarily know where to find as the old ways of distributing information and news continue to fragment. Today on Davisville we hear an update about the project from Autumn Labbe-Renault, the executive director of Davis Media Access and the project's main organizer. What Yolo Local will look like, and how it will operate, is not yet decided. That will come after the survey results are released, probably in September. Meanwhile, Autumn offers two examples of existing civic information sites she likes—Lookout in Santa Cruz and The Oaklandside, in Oakland—during today's review of what's driving this project, who's involved, and how it all might come together.  

After running on a promise to unite Oakland, former U.S. Rep. Barbara Lee has defeated former city councilmember Loren Taylor in a tight race for mayor. Lee will complete the term of former Mayor Sheng Thao, who was recalled in November. Today, The Oaklandside's Eli Wolfe joins us to discuss what to expect from Mayor-Elect Barbara Lee. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

00:08 — Mike Pierce is Executive Director and co-founder of the Student Borrower Protection Center. 00:33 — Darwin BondGraham is the news editor at the nonprofit newsroom The Oaklandside. 00:45 — Terry Christensen is Professor Emeritus of political science at San Jose State University. The post US Department of Education Announces Involuntary Collection of Defaulted Student Loans; Plus, Oakland and San Jose Elections appeared first on KPFA.

Oakland's mayoral special election has gotten gritty. Today, we hear how in a conversation with The Oaklandside reporter Eli Wolfe. Then, a cartoonist tells the story about a middle-school kid fasting during Ramadan. And, a song for Spring, and soulmates in a new My Mixed Tape from Uncuffed.

00:08 — Mouin Rabbani is a nonresident fellow at the Middle East Council on Global Affairs, previously principal political affairs officer with the Office of the UN Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Syria. 00:33 — Natalie Orenstein covers housing and homelessness for The Oaklandside. 00:45 — Jennifer Friedenbach, Executive Director of the San Francisco Coalition on Homelessness. The post Foreign Relations for a New Syria Under HTS; Plus, Alameda County Data Report Traces Homelessness in Oakland; And, San Francisco's Houseless Population in Recent Storms appeared first on KPFA.

Today, we bring you an episode from our sister podcast The Bay: A conversation about the future of Oakland now that voters have recalled Mayor Sheng Thao, making her the first mayor in the city's history to be removed from office by her constituents. It leaves a lot of unanswered questions about who will lead the city in the coming months and years. Host of The Bay Ericka Cruz Guevarra talks with The Oaklandside's Eli Wolfe. Who is running for Oakland mayor after Sheng Thao's recall? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

00:08 — Masih Fouladi is Executive Director of California Immigrant Policy Center.  00:33 — Jose Patino is Vice President of Education and External Affairs at Aliento. Also a DACA recipient.  00:45 — Darwin BondGraham is the news editor at the nonprofit newsroom The Oaklandside. The post Immigration Organizing Under Trump 2.0 in California and Arizona; Plus, Oakland Considering Chapter 9 Bankruptcy appeared first on KPFA.

Oakland has voted overwhelmingly to recall Mayor Sheng Thao, now the first sitting mayor to be recalled in city history. The Oaklandside's Eli Wolfe explains how the recall campaign won, and the uncertain future ahead. Links: Who is running for Oakland mayor after Sheng Thao's recall? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Big changes are coming to the Oakland Coliseum.  Next Thursday, the A's will play their last home game there. And earlier this month, the stadium was sold to the African American Sports and Entertainment Group, whose vision for the land includes a $5 billion housing and business development.  The Oaklandside's Eli Wolfe explains what this sale means for the future of the Coliseum — and for the city of Oakland. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Last year, the Alameda County Board of Supervisors passed a law that criminalized spectating at the sideshows — the wildly dangerous illegal stunt driving exhibitions that have plagued Oakland and other cities for decades.  The move comes as local jurisdictions attempt to curtail the outlaw events that have real costs: damage to infrastructure, injuries to participants and spectators, and increasingly, violence.  A sideshow following a Juneteenth celebration near Oakland's Lake Merritt erupted into a mass shooting that wounded 14. But will arresting those just there to watch the spectacle help?Our guest today, Oaklandside reporter Jose Fermoso, says no, and joined a lawsuit led by the First Amendment Coalition to challenge Alameda County's sideshow law. Fermoso covers traffic issues, and has dug deep into sideshows, the culture they evolved from, and their cost to the community. The new law prevents him from reporting directly on sideshows himself, and criminalizes anyone who might have footage that could help his reporting - or the police.  What is the best way to combat these destructive displays?1:18 What is a sideshow?5:02 A jail sentence and fine for watching the show7:33 How to reduce sideshows?8:22 The lawsuit11:55 How to report on the issue without violating the statute?13:55 Cost to the community20:59 Infrastructure as policy30:26 #WWCAWant to support the Capitol Weekly Podcast? Make your tax deductible donation here: capitolweekly.net/donations/ Capitol Weekly Podcast theme is "Pickin' My Way" by Eddie Lang "#WorstWeekCA" Beat provided by freebeats.io

Some Oaklanders want their elected officials to be recalled, but others are pushing back. An Oaklandside reporter shows us what's driving two high profile recall campaigns. Then, we hear how conspiracy theories are dividing local families, through the story of a mother and son.

0:08 — Heather Vogell is investigative reporter with ProPublica. 0:33 — Lisa Song is a reporter on the environment, energy and climate change for ProPublica. 0:45 — Ashley McBride is a reporter for the Oaklandside covering education equity. The post DOJ Sues RealPage for Algorithmic Price Fixing and Rent Inflation; Plus, Lead Contamination in Oakland Schools; And, the Future of “Recyclable” appeared first on KPFA.

On June 20th the FBI raided of the homes of Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao as well as both David and Andy Duong, owners of California Waste Solutions, the city's recycling contractor. Since that time bits and pieces of why have trickled out over news headlines and social media posts. The Oaklandside has been a primary source of coverage for the Bay Area on this unfolding drama. We are joined today by Darwin BondGraham is the news editor at the nonprofit newsroom The Oaklandside. — Subscribe to this podcast: https://plinkhq.com/i/1637968343?to=page Get in touch: lawanddisorder@kpfa.org Follow us on socials @LawAndDis: https://twitter.com/LawAndDis; https://www.instagram.com/lawanddis/ The post Latest in Federal Probe on Oakland w/ Darwin BondGraham appeared first on KPFA.

Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao is under a federal investigation. Today, an Oaklandside reporter talks about what we know so far. Then, we hear the deep thoughts and feelings of a teenager with apraxia. And, we hear how a blind woodworker helps other visually impaired artists feel comfortable in the woodshop.

Richmond, Calif. is home to more than 115,000 residents and major corporations and refineries, including Chevron. But like many cities, Richmond had been left without a dedicated daily newspaper or consistent, independent news coverage. Now a new local publication, Richmondside, promises to bring residents more news about government, schools, public safety and local businesses. It's part of Cityside, a journalism nonprofit that also runs Berkeleyside and Oaklandside. The founders spent about a year hearing from residents about the types of news they were missing. We'll talk with them about their coverage plans and hear from you: What are the Richmond stories you want to read about? Guests: Tasneem Raja, editor-in-chief, The Oaklandside; former interactive editor, Mother Jones Kari Hulac, editor-in-chief, Richmondside; editor, The Hayward Daily Review; features editor, The Oakland Tribune Joel Umanzor, city hall reporter, Richmondside

Oakland officials are moving ahead with a plan to rename the city's airport to “San Francisco Bay Oakland International Airport.”  Residents, business groups, and airlines all have a lot to say about it, and San Francisco has also filed a lawsuit to try and stop the renaming from happening. The Oaklandside's Eli Wolfe joins us to talk about why the name change feels existential.  Episode transcript Editor's note: Oakland International Airport is a financial supporter of KQED. This episode was produced by Maria Esquinca and Ericka Cruz Guevarra, edited by Alan Montecillo, and hosted by Ericka Cruz Guevarra. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A coalition to recall Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price has passed an important milestone. Today, we learn what happens next and how we got here with Oaklandside's News Editor Darwin BondGraham. Then, a children's book author reimagines “Rapunzel” with a twist. Plus a reading from Bay Area Poet Naomi Helena Quinonez.

About Our GuestCandice Fortman is the Executive Director at Outlier Media. She has worked in commercial and non-profit media, leading marketing, engagement, and growth strategy. Candice is a skilled manager with more than fifteen years of experience in team leadership. As the Executive Director of Outlier Media in Detroit, she helps to drive the work of Outliers mission which includes building a sustainable newsroom that challenges traditional models by centering the highest information needs of Detroiters. Before joining Outlier, Candice was the Marketing and Engagement Manager at WDET 101.9 Detroit's NPR station. Fortman is a 2021 alumna of the JSK fellowship at Stanford, where she studied how the business model of journalism impacts low-wealth communities.Aside from her duties at Outlier, Candice is also the host of News Guest, a podcast produced by LION (Local Independent Online News) Publishers that explores newsroom sustainability. Fortman sits on the board of Cityside, which operates Berkleyside and The Oaklandside in California. She is also an advisory board member for OpenNews, which connects developers, designers, journalists, and editors to collaborate on open technologies and processes within journalism.About Your Host: Anita Zielina is the CEO and founder of Better Leaders Lab. She's also an Executive in Residence at the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY, where she spent the last few years leading all continuing and executive education initiatives. Anita serves as the inaugural Board Chair of News Product Alliance (NPA) and is a member of the board of directors at the Austrian Public Broadcaster ORF.For the past 15 years, Anita held senior executive positions focused on product, strategy and innovation in various media and education organizations as Chief Product Officer, Managing Editor Digital, Editor-in-Chief and Director Strategic Initiatives. She has worked with around 500 managers, leaders and entrepreneurs as a consultant, coach and educator.She holds a Master in Law from Vienna University and an Executive MBA from INSEAD. Anita is an alumna of the Stanford Knight Journalism Fellowship and the Oxford Reuters Institute Fellowship. About Better Leaders Lab:Better Leaders Lab is a Do and Think Tank for good leadership and smart management in media and beyond and a boutique strategic advisory firm. BLL specializes in organizational change, strategy and scenario planning, leadership development and executive recruiting research. Its goal is to empower managers, leaders and organizations in the broader media, digital & innovation space to build successful, sustainable, modern and healthy businesses.Learn more:https://betterleaderslab.comGet in touchFeedback or questions related to the podcast?hello@betterleaderslab.comYou can also find us at Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, and now YouTube!

The Oakland Police Commission is hailed as one of the strongest in the nation, but right now they are in chaos. Joining us to break it all down is Eli Wolfe, a journalist who has been covering this issue for Oaklandside. Check out Eli Wolfe's latest reporting for Oaklandside: https://oaklandside.org/author/eli-wolfe/ — Subscribe to this podcast: https://plinkhq.com/i/1637968343?to=page Get in touch: lawanddisorder@kpfa.org Follow us on socials @LawAndDis: https://twitter.com/LawAndDis; https://www.instagram.com/lawanddis/ The post An Unstable Oakland Police Commission w/ Eli Wolfe appeared first on KPFA.

Oakland is giving out grants for individuals, groups, and orgs to host free public events to build community and safety. I talk about this initiative (deadline is October 12th!) and share personal stories about the importance of public spaces. We can be part of the solution! For more info on the Activate Oakland grants, check out the grant website and read this Oaklandside article. In this episode I also mention the Trash Falcons and the Urban Compassion Project, two groups doing fantastic work to beautify Oakland that are always looking for volunteers. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/natasha-t-baker/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/natasha-t-baker/support

When landlords in Berkeley celebrated the end of an eviction moratorium recently, the backlash was swift: Tenant advocates protested, and a physical fight broke out. Tensions between renters and property owners have been escalating, but for the most part they don't boil over — they show up in court, where a swell in eviction cases is overwhelming staff. Berkeleyside and Oaklandside reporters Supriya Yelimeli and Natalie Orenstein tell host Laura Wenus what this violent incident says about the state of Bay Area housing. | Unlimited Chronicle access: sfchronicle.com/pod Got a tip, comment, question? Email us: fifth@sfchronicle.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As pandemic-era eviction moratoriums have ended, Bay Area counties are seeing a surge of eviction cases coming to court. Some tenants owe tens of thousands of dollars after not paying rent, in some cases, for years. In Alameda County, evictions ballooned to more than 500 per month starting in May. And, a single judge is charged with reviewing all of those cases. We'll talk about how eviction cases are overwhelming county courts, and what lessons we can take from how the moratoriums played out. Guests: Natalie Orenstein, reporter, Oaklandside

Florence is a multiracial new mom and journalist-in-training whose work has been published in The Oaklandside. Originally from the bordertown of El Centro, Calif., Florence settled in Oakland just a few years ago but has longtime family roots here. Florence made two big life changes during the pandemic - becoming a mom and switching careers - and shares what that experience has been like with authenticity and humor, including hilarious stories about pumping breastmilk as a busy journalism grad student. True to her journalist spirit, Florence is full of stories about the wonder and beauty of human connection and community here in Oakland. Happy listening! Check out Florence's work here: https://oaklandside.org/author/florence-middleton/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/oaklandasianmom/message

0:08 — Rishi Iyengar, reporter at Foreign Policy, covering the intersection of geopolitics and technology. 0:33 — Darwin BondGraham, reporter and News Editor at The Oaklandside. 0:45 — John Burris, Oakland civil rights attorney specializing in police misconduct. He is one of two attorneys who filed the “Riders” lawsuit against the police department that's had it operating under a federal judge's oversight for the past 20 years. 0:50 — Cat Brooks, host of Law and Disorder, co-founder of the Anti Police-Terror Project (APTP).   The post BBC office raided in backlash against “India: The Modi Question” documentary; Plus, LeRonne Armstrong fired from Oakland police chief position appeared first on KPFA.

Guests: Ali Winston and Darwin BondGraham are co-authors of The Riders Come Out At Night. Ali Winston is an independent reporter covering criminal justice, privacy, and surveillance. His work has been rewarded with several awards, including the George Polk Award for local reporting in 2017. Darwin BondGraham is News Editor at The Oaklandside. He was the co-recipient of the George Polk Award for local reporting in 2017 The post A History of Policing & The Challenges of Reform appeared first on KPFA.

Our friend Nancy was profoundly moved by the way food served as a source of recovery, healing, and community-building during her mother's experience with cancer. After almost a decade of planning and dreaming, she launched Purpose and Hope, an Oakland-based small business that serves nutritionally dense, handcrafted soup. Nancy shares about how her family's Chinese heritage helps inform her use of ingredients from a medicinal standpoint, the ups and downs of running a small business, and the community partnerships she has forged to provide soup to low income and food insecure women experiencing cancer. Listen in to hear about the beauty of beets, Hatch green chiles, and a very moving story of how Nancy nurtured and grew a precious truth about the power and beauty of food. Connect with Nancy on Instagram @purposeandhope Order healthy, handcrafted soup for yourself or your loved ones at www.purposeandhope.com Become a Soup Sponsor at https://www.patreon.com/purposeandhope You can also learn more about Nancy's journey running one of Alameda County's first microenterprise home kitchens through this excellent coverage from Oaklandside: https://oaklandside.org/2021/09/07/oakland-soup-company-purpose-and-hope-wants-to-comfort-and-nourish-the-east-bay/ https://oaklandside.org/2022/09/06/alameda-county-mehko-rules-purpose-and-hope-nancy-chang/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/oaklandasianmom/message

#036 - Today we speak with Liam O'Donoghue, the host and producer of the East Bay Yesterday Podcast.  Liam explores the stories of culture, politics and nature from Oakland, Berkeley and other towns throughout Alameda and Contra Costa counties.  It was named the “The Best Podcast about the East Bay” in 2017 by the East Bay Express.  Liam says he started the podcast to share the great untold stories he heard from residents.“every time I talked to people who lived around Oakland or lived around the East Bay for a long time, I realized they had really good stories - stories that I hadn't known about before. They told me, and I felt like stories that most people probably weren't aware of and I felt like someone needed to collect those stories and share them and celebrate them”.Liam is a trained journalist and his work has appeared in outlets such as KQED, Oaklandside, Berkeleyside, Mother Jones, Salon, East Bay Express, 99% Invisible, The Kitchen Sisters, and the syndicated NPR program Snap Judgement.  He intentionally decided to go with audio vs print medium to share these stories because the show is really about the guests and he wanted their voices to be the main thing driving the narrative.The podcast got picked up by KPFA and Liam now writes a monthly column for SF Gate.  Liam has given many presentations on local history at libraries, schools and bookstores and throughout the Bay Area, but he is most proud of the inclusion of his content by schools.“one of the things I'm most proud of is that it's actually being used in a lot of curriculums now by local teachers everywhere from the middle school level, up through the grad school level.  People who are looking for ways to get their students excited about local history are using the podcast and the radio show to get the kids excited about that. So that's been really rewarding to see that happen”.Be sure to listen to until the end to hear how the podcast has led to sold out boat tours on the bay.

There's about to be a new sheriff in Santa Clara county, for the first time in about a quarter century. Oakland and San Jose are getting new mayors, San Francisco is deciding whether the interim District Attorney should stay in the job. Voters are deciding on housing, crime, abortion, kidneys and a whole lot more. We'll pore over those Bay Area and State election results with the help of KQED's politics team. Guests: Marisa Lagos, politics correspondent, KQED; co-host of KQED's Political Breakdown show Guy Marzorati, reporter and producer, KQED's California Politics and Government Desk Darwin BondGraham, newseditor, Oaklandside

Signs displayed on the lawn of Oakland's Parker Elementary school on May 25, 2022. | Image still via Labor Video Project 0:08 – Ashley McBride (@ashleynmcb), education equity reporter for the Oaklandside joins us to discuss the policy challenges facing OUSD in the coming year and the school board candidates vying to fill the three seats that are up for election. 0:33 – We speak with Beatrice Adler-Bolton (@realLandsEnd) a writer, artist, long-time disability justice and healthcare activist, and co-host of the Death Panel podcast about her new book Health Communism: A Surplus Manifesto. The post Three open seats on OUSD school board; Plus Beatrice Adler-Bolton on her new book Health Communism appeared first on KPFA.

Unless you work on cars for a living, you probably weren't very familiar with catalytic converters until the last few years, when reported thefts of this particular car part started to skyrocket. It's part of the exhaust system and contains valuable metals. These thefts have set car owners back thousands of dollars, and some people lose access to their car for months while it's getting fixed. Gov. Gavin Newsom signed two laws last month in an attempt to address the problem, but whether or not it'll actually help is up in the air. Guest: Jose Fermoso, The Oaklandside senior systems reporter Links: ‘Oakland residents cheer new catalytic converter law, but some worry it won't end thefts,' by Jose Fermoso

CNN reports that the Justice Department has subpoenaed dozens of people in Trump's orbit in recent days as part of the January 6 probe. And Politico has the story of how Trump and the DOJ seem close to a deal on a third-party review of papers taken in the search of his Florida home. Residents of Jackson, Mississippi, still can’t drink safely from the tap. Federal investigators are looking into the failures of its water system. NBC News has the story. The Oaklandside looks at Oakland’s plan to give land rights to part of a park to Indigenous people. America has a rabid-raccoon problem. The Atlantic explains how solving it involves dropping millions of oral vaccines from the air, in flavors the wild animals want to eat.

It's no secret that the cost of living, especially rent, in the Bay Area is astronomical. And it's driving refugees out. In this episode of “Bay Current”, Mallory Somera sat down with Tandem Postdoctoral Fellow in History of Migration at UC Berkeley, Dr. Robin Buller, who recently wrote a piece in Oaklandside that explains how refugees seeking solace and community in Oakland are being pushed out by the high (and ever rising) cost of living.         Subscribe to Bay Current on the Audacy app, Apple podcasts, Google podcasts, and Stitcher. Bay Current is on YouTube, on the KCBS Radio YouTube page.

In the early 2000s, following a civil lawsuit with over 100 plaintiffs against a group of Oakland police officers known as “the Riders,” the Oakland PD was put under federal oversight. Now after nearly two decades of reforms, backslides into scandals, and close watch from activists and the feds, Oakland can enter a probationary period. But has the culture of the department really changed?  Guest: Darwin BondGraham, News Editor of the Oaklandside and co-author of a forthcoming book about the Oakland police department. He and his partner Ali Winston have been covering the OPD for almost two decades. If you enjoy this show, please consider signing up for Slate Plus. Slate Plus members get benefits like zero ads on any Slate podcast, bonus episodes of shows like Slow Burn and Dear Prudence—and you'll be supporting the work we do here on What Next. Sign up now at slate.com/whatnextplus to help support our work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the early 2000s, following a civil lawsuit with over 100 plaintiffs against a group of Oakland police officers known as “the Riders,” the Oakland PD was put under federal oversight. Now after nearly two decades of reforms, backslides into scandals, and close watch from activists and the feds, Oakland can enter a probationary period. But has the culture of the department really changed?  Guest: Darwin BondGraham, News Editor of the Oaklandside and co-author of a forthcoming book about the Oakland police department. He and his partner Ali Winston have been covering the OPD for almost two decades. If you enjoy this show, please consider signing up for Slate Plus. Slate Plus members get benefits like zero ads on any Slate podcast, bonus episodes of shows like Slow Burn and Dear Prudence—and you'll be supporting the work we do here on What Next. Sign up now at slate.com/whatnextplus to help support our work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the early 2000s, following a civil lawsuit with over 100 plaintiffs against a group of Oakland police officers known as “the Riders,” the Oakland PD was put under federal oversight. Now after nearly two decades of reforms, backslides into scandals, and close watch from activists and the feds, Oakland can enter a probationary period. But has the culture of the department really changed?  Guest: Darwin BondGraham, News Editor of the Oaklandside and co-author of a forthcoming book about the Oakland police department. He and his partner Ali Winston have been covering the OPD for almost two decades. If you enjoy this show, please consider signing up for Slate Plus. Slate Plus members get benefits like zero ads on any Slate podcast, bonus episodes of shows like Slow Burn and Dear Prudence—and you'll be supporting the work we do here on What Next. Sign up now at slate.com/whatnextplus to help support our work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today, we'll hear updates on what California's reparations task force has been doing. Then, we'll speak with Judge LaDoris Cordell, Northern California's first Black woman judge. And, we'll hear a reading from San Francisco author Dahlia Gallin Ramirez.

Oaklandside contributor Corey Antonio Rose spoke to participants at a California Reparations Task Force listening session in Oakland on May 28, 2022, about why reparations matter to them, and interviewed task force chairperson Kamilah Moore about what reparations might entail, who stands to benefit, and what comes next.

Frances Dinkelspiel is working hard to counter the decline of local reporting. The co-founder of Berkeleyside, Oaklandside, and their parent organization Cityside believes it is more important for us to know what's going on in our neighborhoods than what's happening 6,000 miles away. The longtime Bay Area author and journalist shares her journey and what's at stake for our communities.

Out of The Loop podcast with Jane Neal. This week's episode features journalist and storyteller Tasneem Raja.Tasneem is the Editor-in-Chief of The Oaklandside, a local newsroom serving Oakland, California. She is also the co-founder of the Cityside Journalism Initiative, a nonprofit parent organization powering both The Oaklandside and Berkeleyside.Support the show

The '91 "Tunnel Fire" was one of the most destructive fires in U.S. history. To mark the 30th anniversary, The Oaklandside and Berkeleyside co-produced a 30-minute podcast looking back at the blaze that forever changed how the East Bay looks at wildfires.

Kazuki and Brandon are back with a brand new episode to discuss all that has happened in the past several weeks. At the top of the show, Brandon shares a moment of tribute for Astros legend J.R. Richards who passed away recently. Next, our hosts review the trade deadline that saw every single team make a move. Brandon updates us on the news in Oakland after the City Council vote and the new nickname in Cleveland. Later, Kazuki puts the amazing past weeks for Joey Votto into perspective. Brandon has a duo of walkup songs inspired by Anna Kendrick. Finally, Kazuki shares his review of a game at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, FL. Check out all the resources and episodes notes here: MLB Trade Deadline Facts and Figures (via MLB.com): https://www.mlb.com/news/mlb-trade-deadline-facts-figures-2021 Oakland A's Waterfront Project update (via OaklandSide): https://oaklandside.org/2021/07/21/oakland-city-council-vote-athletics-howard-terminal-ballpark-term-sheet/ Cleveland Guardians trademark conflict arises (via Sportio from Yahoo! Sports): https://www.yahoo.com/now/cleveland-guardians-trademark-might-stuck-170023853.html Check out the Spotify Playlist we made for our choices for Walk-Up Songs: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1lBAcuqi2VSEWQlveZaQtV?si=0f466e3602234b8a Follow us now on Twitter!! We're also on Amazon Music and Audible!!! Please listen to us there as well. For more updates about the show, please check out: https://daylightinteractive.com/ For more of Brandon's work, please see here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/theairlineguy/ -- --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

The pandemic has hurt many industries throughout the United States. For local news media, the COVID-19 public health emergency was nearly catastrophic. Already threatened with economic demise because of the rise of digital advertising and how consumers use free social media tools to consume news, the pandemic put further financial stresses on local news outlets by impacting advertising from shuttered restaurants, bars and small businesses. All of this came at a time, of course, when local news—with information on the immediate impact of the public health emergency, among other topics—was more important than ever.  However, despite the strong challenges for local news outlets, the future may not be so bleak for the industry. Why? A growing number of nonprofit news media ventures are seeking to fill the void for quality local news efforts. Across the country, citizens are increasingly getting local news from new digital ventures focused on a specific region or city. Perhaps most important, philanthropists and major foundations are investing in these new efforts, increasing the chance for sustainability and impact and creating a new future for local news, even at this challenging time. This program will introduce viewers to two nonprofit efforts—MLK50 (covering the intersection of poverty, power and policy in Memphis), and Cityside (with the Bay Area outlets Berkeleyside and The Oaklandside)—as well as to the co-founder of a new venture philanthropy nonprofit, the American Journalism Project, created to make local sites more financially sustainable.  Please join us for an important conversation on the future of local news and why the future may be in a new generation of nonprofit news outlets. Wendi C. Thomas and John Thornton will participate virtually; Lance Knobel and David Cohn will be on-stage. SPEAKERS: Lance Knobel, CEO, CItyside Wendi C. Thomas, Editor and Publisher, MLK50: Justice Through Journalism (Participating Virtually) John Thornton, Founder Texas Tribune; Co-Founder American Journalism Project (Participating Virtually) David Cohn, Senior Director, Advance Local; Cofounder of Subtext—Moderator In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, we have been hosting our live programming via YouTube live stream. We are slowly reopen our building to programs with live guests and live audiences. This hybrid-program was recorded with participants in both our auditorium and via video conference on July 15th, 2021 by the Commonwealth Club of California. NOTE: This podcast may contain explicit language. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The pandemic has hurt many industries throughout the United States. For local news media, the COVID-19 public health emergency was nearly catastrophic. Already threatened with economic demise because of the rise of digital advertising and how consumers use free social media tools to consume news, the pandemic put further financial stresses on local news outlets by impacting advertising from shuttered restaurants, bars and small businesses. All of this came at a time, of course, when local news—with information on the immediate impact of the public health emergency, among other topics—was more important than ever.  However, despite the strong challenges for local news outlets, the future may not be so bleak for the industry. Why? A growing number of nonprofit news media ventures are seeking to fill the void for quality local news efforts. Across the country, citizens are increasingly getting local news from new digital ventures focused on a specific region or city. Perhaps most important, philanthropists and major foundations are investing in these new efforts, increasing the chance for sustainability and impact and creating a new future for local news, even at this challenging time. This program will introduce viewers to two nonprofit efforts—MLK50 (covering the intersection of poverty, power and policy in Memphis), and Cityside (with the Bay Area outlets Berkeleyside and The Oaklandside)—as well as to the co-founder of a new venture philanthropy nonprofit, the American Journalism Project, created to make local sites more financially sustainable.  Please join us for an important conversation on the future of local news and why the future may be in a new generation of nonprofit news outlets. Wendi C. Thomas and John Thornton will participate virtually; Lance Knobel and David Cohn will be on-stage. SPEAKERS: Lance Knobel, CEO, CItyside Wendi C. Thomas, Editor and Publisher, MLK50: Justice Through Journalism (Participating Virtually) John Thornton, Founder Texas Tribune; Co-Founder American Journalism Project (Participating Virtually) David Cohn, Senior Director, Advance Local; Cofounder of Subtext—Moderator In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, we have been hosting our live programming via YouTube live stream. We are slowly reopen our building to programs with live guests and live audiences. This hybrid-program was recorded with participants in both our auditorium and via video conference on July 15th, 2021 by the Commonwealth Club of California. NOTE: This podcast may contain explicit language. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jacob Simas is the managing editor of The Oaklandside, an online news startup that launched in June 2020 and is overseen by Cityside, a nonprofit media organization whose portfolio also includes the online publication Berkeleyside. To support The Oaklandside, click here. Jacob's career started in community non-profits, where as a counselor and later a program director of Horizons Unlimited, he helped organize violence prevention and arts programs for Latino youth in San Francisco. He later went on to work at New American Media, where he led a community news network called YouthWire, which helped amplify student and youth reporting in California's news deserts. He then went on to work at Univision, where he established Rise Up: Be Heard, a journalism training program for youth and community organizers in underserved areas of California, with an emphasis on rural regions. Jacob received his bachelor's degree in sociology from UC Berkeley and later graduated from the university's journalism school. Jacob gave shoutouts to three awesome Bay Area news outlets: 1 - El Tímpano: a “local reporting lab” that serves Spanish-speaking residents in Oakland. Support them here and follow them on Twitter here. 2 - Richmond Pulse: a community-based, youth-led online and print newspaper that covers the East Bay town of Richmond. Support them here and follow them on Twitter here. 3 - El Tecolote: a bilingual newspaper in San Francisco based out of the city's Mission District. Support them here and follow them on Twitter here.

Geoffrey King is the president and CEO of Open Vallejo, a startup, nonprofit online news site that publishes longform investigations about police and government misconduct in the city of Vallejo, California. An investigative report by Geoffrey for Open Vallejo published in July 2020 about the city's police officers bending their badges to commemorate fatal shootings went viral, causing a major scandal and a subsequent third-party investigation of the police department. Geoffrey is a native of Vallejo and went to UC Berkeley for undergrad. He then went on to Stanford Law School. As a litigator, he's represented journalists, activists and artists. He's been a member of multiple press freedom and reporting organizations, including the Committee to Protect Journalists and the Northern California Society of Professional Journalists, where he co-chaired the group's Freedom of Information Committee. In addition to his duties at Open Vallejo, Geoffrey also teaches privacy law at UC Berkeley. Click here to support Open Vallejo's work. And click here to watch Geoffrey's recent interview with CNN's W. Kamau Bell. Geoffrey's shoutouts were to The Monterey County Herald, the Half Moon Bay Review, and the Shasta Scout. He also gave shoutouts to individual reporters, including John Glidden, Scott Morris and Otis R. Taylor Jr. (Geoffrey also mentioned Oaklandside and Berkeleyside, which have both been mentioned on this podcast before.) (You may notice this episode is a little longer than the others, which are usually around ~45 minutes. I did my best to edit this episode. But I thought the conversation was too good to cut out extensive portions of it. Enjoy!)

Lydia Chavez is the founder and executive editor of Mission Local, a hyperlocal and bilingual news site that covers the Mission District in San Francisco. Lydia was born and raised in Albuquerque and her first reporting job after graduating from Columbia's Journalism School was with The Albuquerque Tribune (now closed). She then went on to work at TIME Magazine, the Los Angeles Times and The New York Times. In 1990, Lydia started working at UC Berkeley's Graduate School of Journalism, which was where Mission Local originally was founded as a project in 2008. In 2014, Mission Local became independent. The outlet publishes articles about city corruption, police misconduct, and, more recently, how the coronavirus is affecting the Mission District majority Latino population. To donate to Mission Local, click here. To read some of their most recent (and very excellent) investigative work, check out their most recent stories, “Special Report: Structural engineers' warnings over city's mandatory retrofits have gone unheeded for years,” and “Special Report: ‘It could become a San Bruno' — the explosive problem buried beneath San Francisco homes,” both published by Joe Eskenazi. Lydia's shoutout was to some great Bay Area outlets that haven't been mentioned yet on the podcast, Cityside, a local journalism nonprofit that oversees two great hyperlocal outlets, Oaklandside and Berkeleyside. Lydia also gave a shoutout to Open Vallejo, a nonprofit newsroom that covers police misconduct.

Jane P. Perry is a retired Researcher Teacher from UC Berkeley's Child Study Center. Since sheltering in place, Jane has interviewed with Paula Whitacre, appeared in Hidden Timber Books Small Press Author Reading Series, and has published in Persimmon Tree, McSweeney's Quarterly Concern, Women Writers, Women's Books and The Oaklandside.White Snake Diary: Exploring Self-InscribersAtmosphere Press, 2020

Jane P. Perry is a retired Researcher Teacher from UC Berkeley's Child Study Center. Since sheltering in place, Jane has interviewed with Paula Whitacre, appeared in Hidden Timber Books Small Press Author Reading Series, and has published in Persimmon Tree, McSweeney's Quarterly Concern, Women Writers, Women's Books and The Oaklandside.White Snake Diary: Exploring Self-InscribersAtmosphere Press, 2020A World Without Books was created to help writers connect with readers during the pandemic. This Micro-Podcast provides authors a platform to share stories about writing, discuss current projects, and consider life without books. Listen on Apple, Spotify, or wherever you podcast.Without Books®, a division of Heritage Future, is an author-centric book initiative. Our resources support authors. We also provide access to millions of books.

0:08 – Florida early vote: Long lines, disenfranchised people with felony records, the pandemic and more. Mitch Perry, Political Reporter for Spectrum Bay News 9 in Tampa, FL. 0:34 – Things are not as they appear in the Oakland At-Large race Darwin BondGraham is the news editor at Oaklandside. 0:45 – The big money pouring in to San Francisco elections, why and who's up and who's down Tim Redmond has been a political and investigative reporter in San Francisco for more than 30 years. He is the founder and editor of 48hills.org. Event: 48hills is holdings its annual benefit gala TOMORROW NIGHT, Thursday, Oct 22 as an online affair. It's free to stream, headliners include our own Davey D. Details at 48hills.org 1:08 – Housing is front and center in San Francisco's state senate race, where a prolific legislator faces a left-flank challenger who's secured enough funding and endorsements to pose a serious threat. We speak to both candidates about how their politics would shape California's response to its housing crisis. 1:08 – Scott Wiener is State Senator for District 11, San Francisco. 1:34 – Jackie Fielder is Democratic Socialist contesting for the D11 seat. The post On the ground in major swing state, Florida; Plus: A look at the Oakland At-Large race and SF election battles; then: CA Senate District 22 candidates Scott Weiner and Jackie Fielder appeared first on KPFA.

Police make an arrest in Salinas, CA. In 2018, an estimated 66% of people detained in California jails could not make bail. (Photo: flickr) 0:08 – Bolivia's Movement Toward Socialism Party wins in a landslide Linda Farthing (@LCFarthing) is a journalist and researcher currently writing her fourth book on Bolivia. 0:34 – Debate: Prop 24 – Consumer privacy Yes: Ariel Fox Johnson is Senior Counsel on Policy and Privacy with Common Sense Media, a group that rates content for age-appropriateness, and with the “Yes on Prop 24” campaign.  No: Richard Holober is President of the Consumer Federation of California, and with the “No on Prop 24” campaign.  1:08 – Oakland City Council to vote on “Encampment Management Policy” Natalie Orenstein (@nat_orenstein) covers housing and homelessness for The Oaklandside. Her latest piece is A controversial homelessness policy comes to the Oakland City Council on Tuesday. Here's how to watch. Oakland City Council Meeting: Today, Tuesday 10/20 at 1:30pm, see login details here. 1:21 – KPFA News: California is one of only ten states that ban affirmative action by public institutions. Voters put that ban into the state's constitution in 1996. But that could change this fall, when voters get a chance to overturn the ban with proposition 16. KPFA elections reporter Ariel Boone (@arielboone) has this story on how we got here. 1:34 – Debate: Prop 25 – Ending Cash Bail Yes: John Bauters is the Budget Advocacy Director with Californians for Safety and Justice, and with the “Yes on Prop 25” campaign.  No: Robert J. Apodaca is the co-founder of California Community Builders, a non-profit affordable housing developer, and with the “No on Prop 25” campaign.  The post Bolivia: Socialist party wins landslide election, one year after coup; Plus: Live debates on Prop 24 consumer privacy, and Prop 25 ending cash bail appeared first on KPFA.

Breonna Taylor at a graduation ceremony in Louisville, KY (Photo: Wikipedia) 0:08 – Breonna Taylor: Officer charged … but not for killing her John Burris is a civil rights attorney, and represents many families of victims of police killings in the Bay Area. 0:34 – The Kao SaeLee story and how CA prisons are still collaborating with ICE, despite “sanctuary” status Sam Levin (@SamTLevin) is the Los Angeles correspondent with the Guardian. His latest investigation is He fought wildfires while imprisoned. California reported him to Ice for deportation on Kao SaeLee, who after 22 years in a CA prison and fighting CA wildfires, has been sent to ICE detention to be deported back to Laos, a country his family fled as refugees when he was 2 years old.  1:08 – The CRISIS Act and community-based alternatives to policing Sydney Kamlager (@AsmKamlagerDove) is an assembly member representing the 54th District (Los Angeles) in the California legislature, and author of the CRISIS Act. 1:34 – Why is Lyft and Uber bankrolling the opposition against Oakland City Council Rebecca Kaplan's re-election campaign? Behind the new Oakland Task Force created to defund OPD Darwin BondGraham (@DarwinBondGraha) is the news editor at the Oaklandside. The post Breonna Taylor: Officer charged, but not for killing her; movement for justice continues. Plus: the CRISIS Act would create community mental health system in CA, alternative to police, but will Gov Newsom sign it? appeared first on KPFA.

Protester in London denouncing the US Muslim ban, which like the ending of temporary protected status (TPS) are part of the Trump Administrations policies to alienate and criminalize immigrants to the US. (Photo: Wikipedia) 0:08 – Behind the new unemployment numbers Michele Evermore (@EvermoreMichele) is a senior policy analyst at the National Employment Law Project in Washington, D.C. focusing on social insurance. 0:25 – KPFA News: The Census Bureau recently released statistics on poverty, income, and health insurance coverage for last year. It shows median household income in 2019 increased 6.8% from 2018, and the official poverty rate decreased 1.3 percentage points — all before COVID hit. KPFA's Linda Khoury has more. 0:34 – South Bay sweeps threaten curbside communities, as several shelters close permanently Aug 15. Caltrans has scheduled a sweep for today, and Cupertino has a sweep scheduled Sep 21. Shaunn Cartwright is an advocate with the ‘Unhoused Response Group,' which formed at the beginning of the pandemic and advocates and supports curbside communities in the South Bay.  0:49 – In another edition from our series Taken from Us, we hear from Michelle and Ashley Monterrosa, the sisters of 22-year-old Sean Monterrosa. Sean was unarmed and kneeling with his hands raised when Vallejo Police Officer Jarrett Tonn fatally shot him through the windshield of a moving police vehicle in a Walgreens parking lot during the early morning hours of June 2nd. The family couldn't get any answers from the police that night. Instead, it took a day and a half for the police department to admit an officer had killed someone, and the police union filed a temporary restraining order to prevent the release of the names of officers involved. Later it was discovered that vital evidence, the windshield from the police car, had been destroyed, prompting an investigation by the California Department of Justice. Our reporter Chris Lee (@chrislee_xyz) spoke with Sean's two sisters in San Francisco, where he was born and raised. There is a car caravan to demand justice this Saturday, Sep 19th at 12 noon at Holly Park in San Francisco. Michelle and Ashley Monterrosa are currently fundraising and working with Bay Area artist Oree Originol to display pictures of Sean and other victims of police violence on a billboard space directly in front of the Vallejo Police Department. 1:08 – The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals upholds Trump's repeal of TPS protections for 400,000 people Rosa Carranza is a Bay Area activist, preschool teacher, and TPS recipient herself. 1:20 – Is California Waste Solutions laundering money and bribing Oakland City officials? The Oakland Public Ethics Commission and The Oaklandside are investigating. Darwin Bond Graham is news editor of the Oaklandside. His latest investigation is Accusations of political ‘money laundering' under investigation in Oakland. 1:34 – How can outdoor performing arts happen in SF. And how to do it safely. Andrew Wood is Director of the SF International Arts Fest, which is calling for the reopening of outdoor sites for the performing arts.  1:45 – The Oakland International Film Festival kicks off today (Sep 17-27) David Roach is the director of the Oakland International Film Festival, now in its 18th year and virtual. The festival will feature 68 filmmakers and kicks off *today, Thursday Sep 17 at 3pm with the film, We Are the Dream, The Kids of the MLK Oratorical Festival and panel discussion. The post “We live in distress” One Oakland teacher on 9th Circuit upholding Trumps revoking TPS for 400,000 people; Plus: San Jose, Cupertino scheduling homeless sweeps, despite COVID moratorium appeared first on KPFA.

Joshua Pawlik, in a photo from his family On this show: 0:08 – Belarus is seeing massive uprisings and street protests against President Alexander Lukashenko, as the results of the presidential election are disputed. We hear more about Belarus' history and the power of the working class there from Steve Crowley, chair of the Department of Politics at Oberlin College and a scholar of labor and political transformation in Eastern Europe. 0:34 – A major bill eviction moratorium bill, AB 1436, is expected to move to a vote in the state legislature. Tenants' rights groups say it's the last, best piece of legislation to halt a “tsunami” of evictions expected to take place because of nonpayment due to job losses during the Covid-19 pandemic. We host a debate: Shanti Singh (@uhshanti) is communications coordinator for the statewide renters' rights organization Tenants Together, and Debra Carlton is executive vice president of state government affairs and compliance for the California Apartment Association. 1:08 – A new report by an independent monitor appointed by a federal judge has issued a scathing rebuke of Mayor Libby Schaaf and the Oakland Police Department for its response to the killing of Joshua Pawlik. It brings into question whether the police department is unable to review or investigate itself. Darwin BondGraham (@DarwinBondGraha) joins us, he is the news editor at Oaklandside. 1:20 – Ashley McBride (@ashleynmcb) reports on education equity for nonprofit newsroom The Oaklandside, and gives us an update on how the Oakland Unified School District's reopening is going, from families without internet and technology to tune into online classes, to new ways of counting attendance, and enrollment hurdles. 1:34 – Investigative reporting has uncovered horrifying practices by U.S. immigration agents in Texas, including the separation and deportation of child asylum-seekers, and systemic sexual abuse by ICE agents. We're joined by a journalist uncovering these stories: Lomi Kriel (@lomikriel) is a reporter with ProPublica and the Texas Tribune. Read her recent reporting: Federal agents are expelling asylum seekers as young as 8 months from the border, citing COVID-19 risks ICE Guards “Systematically” Sexually Assault Detainees in an El Paso Detention Center, Lawyers Say The post Federal monitor issues scathing report criticizing Oakland's police department & mayor for response to killing of Joshua Pawlik; Eviction moratorium bill moves forward in CA appeared first on KPFA.

Alameda Health System workers and AHS-SEIU 1021 members stage a walk-out for Black health and vitality, on the day of a nationwide #StrikeForBlackLives. Photo: Chris Lee On this show: 0:08 – Mitch Jeserich joins us for “Mondays with Mitch.” He is the host of Letters and Politics, weekdays at 10. 0:34 – We take your Covid-19 calls with John Swartzberg, clinical professor emeritus of infectious diseases at UC Berkeley's School of Public Health. 1:20 – Workers are carrying out a Strike for Black Health and Vitality today at Alameda Health Systems locations, including Highland Hospital. For more we talk with Sheleka Carter, a community health outreach worker/advocate at Highland Hospital's Sexual Assault Response and Recovery Team, and Chapter Secretary of Alameda Health System SEIU 1021. 1:34 – We talk about crime rates in Oakland with Darwin BondGraham (@DarwinBondGraha), news editor at Oaklandside. 1:48 – Susan Manheimer, interim chief of the Oakland Police Department, talks with Cat Brooks about crime and policing. The post Workers walk out for Black health at Highland Hospital; Millions face “income cliff” with pandemic benefits set to disappear; Cat Brooks interviews Oakland's police chief appeared first on KPFA.

Protesters flee on foot as law enforcement fires tear gas and so-called “less lethal” weapons at the end of a Justice for George Floyd protest in Oakland on June 1. Photo by KPFA's Ariel Boone. On this show: 0:08 – The first death from Covid-19 inside an ICE detention center took place in Otay Mesa Detention Center in San Diego. We speak with Anthony Alexandre, who is currently being detained at the CoreCivic-run facility, and led a hunger strike inside earlier this year. Alexandre reports being exposed to confirmed cases of Covid-19 at least twice since inside, and says immigration status should not be a death sentence during the pandemic. Alexandre also says ICE is vastly underreporting the number of cases inside Otay Mesa. 0:17 – A new Reuters investigation follows asylum seekers who are dropping their cases in order to flee for their safety — from Covid-19. Immigrants in detention with medical vulnerabilities fear death from the virus and are reporting immigration officials are encouraging them to sign for their own deportation, to try to avoid the virus. Laura Gottesdiener (@Gottesdiener), a reporter for Reuters in Monterrey, Mexico. You can read her investigation here. 0:33 – Yesterday, Mexico's COVID-19 death toll reached 30,000, making it the country with the fifth-highest number of officially reported deaths. Shannon Young (@SYoungReports) reports from Oaxaca. 0:41 – We turn to Yemen, where a five-year civil war and devastating U.S.-supported bombing campaign by Saudi Arabia continue to cause a humanitarian disaster, destroying the country's health infrastructure and leaving it unprepared to handle the coronavirus. KPFA's Rami Almeghari reports. 0:48 – Laura Carlsen (@lauracarlsenc) discusses the politics and economics of COVID in Mexico and President Trump's upcoming meeting with with Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador. She's the director of the Mexico City-based Americas Program, a fiscally sponsored program of the Center for Economic and Policy Research. 1:08 – The Supreme Court let stand a lower court decision that blocked construction of part of the Keystone XL Pipeline in Montana, a pipeline long targeted by climate activists; a federal judge ruled that the Dakota Access Pipeline operated by Energy Transfer Partners must shut down and empty itself of oil within 30 days; and Dominion Energy and Duke Energy have cancelled their plans to build the Atlantic Coast Pipeline, deciding it was no longer profitable. Environmental advocates count these as major victories against polluting, extractive projects, after years of resistance largely led by indigenous organizers. We speak with Antonia Juhasz (@AntoniaJuhasz), a Bertha Fellow in investigative journalism, part of a global team of journalists investigating climate, fossil fuels and corporate power. Her most recent book is Black Tide. 1:33 – On June 1, 2020, at the end of a youth-led Justice for George Floyd demonstration and 20 minutes before Oakland's curfew, the Oakland Police Department tear gassed protesters. The police claim it was justified and provoked. But what really happened that evening? We're joined by three journalists from nonprofit newsroom The Oaklandside, Darwin BondGraham (@DarwinBondGraha), Sarah Belle Lin (@SarahBelleLin) and Jonah Owen Lamb, who used visual evidence to investigate police conduct at the protest and compare it to police and city statements and policies. Read their investigation here: “Did OPD violate its own policies against protesters?” The post Some asylum seekers abandon their cases to escape COVID in ICE detention; Mexico's virus death toll reaches 30,000; Visual evidence sheds light on OPD protest crackdown appeared first on KPFA.

0:08 – New unemployment numbers are out – and they show over 2 million people have filed or applied for some type of assistance. Heidi Shierholz is director of policy at the Economic Policy Institute and former chief economist at the Department of Labor. Steven Pitts is Associate Chair at the UC Berkeley Center for Labor Research and Education, where he focuses on Black workers and organizing. 0:34 – After an outpouring of community calls for the Oakland Police Department to be defunded, what was in the budget that Oakland City Council members ultimately voted to approve on Tuesday? We're joined by Darwin BondGraham, news editor who reported on the vote at Oaklandside. 0:42 – Oakland City Councilmember Dan Kalb, who voted “abstain” on Tuesday's budget amendment vote on lesser cuts to the Oakland Police Department, joins us to discuss the vote Tuesday. We also speak to liz suk, political director for Oakland Rising, which has decried the vote and says the council ignored community demands for investment in services instead of policing. 1:08 – Covid-19 cases are spiking in the Bay Area. Dr. Noha Aboelata, founder and CEO of Roots Community Health Center, raises the alarm about the absence of government contact tracing and says providers are concerned about the surge in infections in Oakland's most impacted neighborhoods. 1:34 – The Supreme Court this morning ruled that asylum seekers do not enjoy the right of habeas corpus to access federal courts to appeal their claims. Erwin Chemerinsky, constitutional law scholar and dean of Berkeley Law (@BerkeleyLaw), discusses the ruling as well as the increased power of federal appeals courts, as the Supreme Court adjudicates fewer cases. The post Black workers are in crisis amid soaring unemployment; Oakland's City Council votes against significantly defunding police; Covid-19 cases spike in Bay Area appeared first on KPFA.